Psychiatrist 'did not view' footage of Valdo Calocane's earlier incidents

A forensic psychiatrist, who recommended triple killer Valdo Calocane be given a hospital order, had not viewed footage of his earlier incidents before writing his report, the Nottingham Inquiry has heard. Valdo Calocane stabbed to death Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar on 13 June 2023, before killing Ian Coates and trying to kill three others. Three psychiatrists, including Prof Nigel Blackwood, advised in reports for Calocane's sentencing at Nottingham Crown Court that a restricted hospital order was the most suitable outcome given his mental illness. On Monday, the inquiry heard Blackwood had not seen bodyworn camera footage or heard key audio from incidents before the attacks. Blackwood, whose opinion was that Calocane's responsibility for the offences was at the "lower end of the spectrum", said the killer was a "complicated man to assess". He added he was not sent bodyworn video of when the mechanical engineering graduate visited the MI5 headquarters in London in May 2021, audio of a 999 call a housemate had made after Calocane assaulted him in July 2021, or footage of an assault on a police officer in September 2021. Blackwood said the MI5 video only emerged after his

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